Re: Path to the user's Library folder: bug or a scripter error?
Re: Path to the user's Library folder: bug or a scripter error?
- Subject: Re: Path to the user's Library folder: bug or a scripter error?
- From: deivy petrescu <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:56:27 -0500
On Jan 10, 2008, at 15:51, Mike Kobb wrote:
Apologies for my sloppy copy and paste.
The second script was supposed to read:
tell application "System Events"
path to (library folder of the user domain)
end tell
I've verified that indeed what you and Michelle Steiner wrote ("path
to library folder from the user domain") works exactly as expected,
so thanks very much for that.
Two questions linger, though:
1) Why did my original script not work properly when asking for the
path, but work properly when just identifying the folder?
2) You've both noted that this only works on Leopard. Sadly, I need
this script to work on Tiger as well. Is there a similar way to do
this on Tiger? Is it acceptable to just use "~/Library/
PreferencePanes/<my file>"?
Thanks,
--Mike
Mike,
"path to " is a Standard addition command. So use it out of any tell
block as precaution.
In this case "path"is a property of System Events.
Look at the SE dictionary, I believe SE sees "path to library folder"
and not the rest, thus the result you got.
Deivy
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